ATTENDANCE
From RMT head office circular No. IR/70/09, dated 5th March 2009
BREAKDOWN IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, WILLESDEN GREEN GROUP
In the last circular I outlined the reasons for the breakdown in industrial relations, at the Willesden Green Group, and that a membership check was being carried out via the Branch Representative.
From RMT head office circular No. IR/70/09, dated 5th March 2009
BREACH OF DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES – PICCADILLY LINE
In view of the ongoing concerns we have with regard to abuses of the disciplinary procedures on the Piccadilly Line, the ballot of Train Operators will go ahead as we are still in dispute.
For legal reasons two separate ballots will be held, one for Arnos Grove Ash House and the other for Acton Town Bollo House.
The ballot papers will be sent out to members on 10th March 2009 and the closing date will be 25th March 2009.
From RMT head office circular No. IR/70/09, dated 5th March 2009
DEDUCTIONS FROM PAY OR LEAVE BECAUSE OF SNOW
Some LUL members have lost pay or a day’s leave because of heavy snow prevented them coming in to work on Monday 2nd February 2009. The fact of the matter is that TFL decided not to run the buses, so it is totally unfair to punish staff.
1. Attendees – List circulated
2. Apologies – M. Mujahid, D. Fitzpatrick, V.Morgan, T. O’Neill, W. Jarvis, U. Mirza, B. O’Dowd.
3. January Minutes
• Adrian Finney – Political Rep
• Cleaners Coordinator - T O’Neill
• Newsletter editor - B. Witham
• Number of branch committee members was counted wrong at AGM, 8 instead of 7. Branch agreed to have 8 members for this year.
• Another AGM delegate, Janine nominated V. Thomas, A. Thomson 2nd.
• Minutes moved – B. Witham.
The derisory pay offer made by LUL is an insult. There is no more to be said really. LUL should return to the table with the real offer,I mean that last one was a joke right?
This resolution, proposed by TfL no.1 branch, was passed unanimously at the February meeting of the Regional Council.
More than three million are expected to be unemployed by the end of 2009. Young people are among the first to be thrown on the scrapheap. Currently, 40% of those losing their jobs are between 18 and 24.
This resolution, proposed by LU Fleet branch, was passed unanimously by the February meeting of the Regional Council.
The leaders of the world’s most powerful nations will meet in London in April.
They come together against a backdrop of world slump, war and rising anger at the nightmare they have created.
The point of the G20 is meant to be to find solutions – but world leaders are running out of ideas. They aim to make workers pay for the crisis.
Who are they kidding? We have all been subjected to the forced rhetoric of our glorious, soon to be departing, MD. We are told at valuing time in a bunker near Holborn how wonderful we all our. How great our achievements have been over the past year. How we are in line for a £500 bonus because we deliver such brilliant and consistent customer satisfaction. Now all of a sudden, we are worth absolute nothing. A miserly ,insult of a pay offer. 5 years of no pay rises. For what? No improvement in conditions, pensions or anything.
This emergency resolution, submitted by LU Fleet branch, was passed unanimously by the February meeting of the Regional Council.
This Branch calls upon the RMT Executive to call a strike ballot of all members in Metronet (London Underground) if the following demand is not met.
We require a written guarantee from Metronet (London Underground) that they recognise and accept that we have a no compulsory redundancy agreement under the PPP Code of Practice and therefore will not impose any compulsory redundancies on Metronet (London Underground) staff.